Airport month record
PITFEB
Pittsburgh International in February 2026
- Departures
- 2,943
- Month
- February 2026
- National, same month
- 80.2%
- Carriers
- 11
Historical statistics for February 2026, not live status or a forecast for this year’s February. For today’s conditions at PIT, see live FAA status.
PIT in February lands a B, 3 points better than the national rate of 80.2%. About one flight in six arrives 15 minutes late or worse, and those flights are late by about an hour on average. That is a workable record, not a spotless one. That rests on 2,943 flights, of which Southwest Airlines flew 752 at 86.7% on time.
Key figures
On time
83.6%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 2,858 completed departures
Avg delay
63 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
2.68%
Nationally in February: 2.25%
Whole year
81.4%
PIT across all twelve months
These figures cover 2,943 departures from Pittsburgh International in February 2026. On time means an arrival less than 15 minutes after the scheduled gate time, the DOT's threshold, and the national comparison uses every US departure in the same month rather than the whole year.
Against the year
February next to PIT's other months
Against PIT's own year, February ran 2 points better than the twelve-month rate of 81.4%, which makes it number five of twelve months, best first. Either side of it, January ran 79.2% on time and March 78.6%, so a trip moved by a few weeks would have landed in a worse stretch.
| Month | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | 3,959 | 76.7% | 82 min | 3.31% | B− |
| August 2025 | 3,841 | 82.6% | 75 min | 1.20% | B |
| September 2025 | 3,672 | 86.2% | 70 min | 0.65% | A+ |
| October 2025 | 3,850 | 83.0% | 62 min | 0.81% | B+ |
| November 2025 | 3,510 | 84.4% | 78 min | 1.77% | B |
| December 2025 | 3,474 | 73.2% | 72 min | 1.50% | C |
| January 2026 | 3,099 | 79.2% | 81 min | 6.03% | B− |
| February 2026 (this page) | 2,943 | 83.6% | 63 min | 2.68% | B |
| March 2026 | 3,434 | 78.6% | 88 min | 2.88% | B |
| April 2026 | 3,531 | 85.3% | 71 min | 0.51% | A+ |
| May 2026 | 3,778 | 84.6% | 68 min | 0.79% | B+ |
| June 2026 | 3,815 | 79.1% | 85 min | 1.68% | B |
Departure window
The best time of day to leave PIT in February
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 30 points, against 2 points between the best and worst carrier. Each bar is the on-time rate for flights scheduled inside that window.
- 5am–8am903 flights88.1%
- 8am–11am564 flights86.0%
- 11am–2pm480 flights87.6%
- 2pm–5pm384 flights81.2%
- 5pm–8pm537 flights75.5%
- 8pm–5am75 flights57.7%
Scale runs 50% to 95%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.
The 8pm–5am window is where this operation falls apart: 57.7% on time, against 88.1% for the 5am–8am slot. By evening the aircraft flying these rotations have absorbed a full day of small delays and there is no slack left to recover in. The 5am–8am window is the busiest, with 903 flights scheduled in it.
Across the week, Saturday is the strongest day at 91.2% on time and Sunday the weakest at 77.6%. 14 points is a smaller lever than departure hour, but it is free.
Carrier by carrier
Which airlines ran best at PIT in February
The two carriers here are closely matched: 2 points separate the best from the worst. At that spread, schedule and price are better tie-breakers than reliability. Sample sizes are shown so you can see which rows are worth weighing.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republic Airways | 799 | 85.2% | 54 min | 6.26% | A− |
| Southwest Airlines | 752 | 86.7% | 56 min | 0.27% | A+ |
| American Airlinesthin sample | 361 | 82.2% | 52 min | 1.66% | B |
| United Airlinesthin sample | 279 | 85.3% | 67 min | 0.36% | A+ |
| Delta Air Linesthin sample | 238 | 88.2% | 41 min | 0.42% | A+ |
| Spirit Airlinesthin sample | 100 | 81.7% | 73 min | 7.00% | B− |
| JetBlue Airwaysthin sample | 95 | 70.9% | 52 min | 9.47% | C− |
| Allegiant Airthin sample | 93 | 87.1% | 109 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| SkyWest Airlinesthin sample | 82 | 64.6% | 107 min | 0.00% | D+ |
| Envoy Airthin sample | 63 | 71.0% | 67 min | 1.59% | C |
| PSA Airlinesthin sample | 42 | 55.0% | 132 min | 4.76% | D− |
Republic Airways cancels 6.3% of what it schedules here, the highest in the table. A cancelled flight never appears in an on-time rate, so read that column alongside the punctuality one rather than after it.
Route by route
Busiest routes out of PIT in February
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIT to ORD · Chicagothin sample | 257 | 85.5% | 64 min | 0.39% | A+ |
| PIT to LGA · New Yorkthin sample | 223 | 86.8% | 48 min | 8.52% | A− |
| PIT to ATL · Atlantathin sample | 210 | 91.9% | 52 min | 0.48% | A+ |
| PIT to MCO · Orlandothin sample | 195 | 86.5% | 80 min | 1.54% | A |
| PIT to EWR · Newarkthin sample | 138 | 92.1% | 33 min | 7.97% | A− |
| PIT to CLT · Charlottethin sample | 132 | 78.6% | 50 min | 3.79% | B− |
| PIT to BOS · Bostonthin sample | 115 | 82.1% | 61 min | 7.83% | B− |
| PIT to JFK · New Yorkthin sample | 115 | 81.6% | 84 min | 10.43% | B− |
| PIT to FLL · Fort Lauderdalethin sample | 110 | 79.0% | 44 min | 4.55% | B− |
| PIT to DCA · Washingtonthin sample | 109 | 51.9% | 91 min | 4.59% | F− |
| PIT to DTW · Detroitthin sample | 106 | 70.8% | 92 min | 0.00% | C+ |
| PIT to IAD · Washingtonthin sample | 104 | 88.3% | 45 min | 0.96% | A+ |
| PIT to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worththin sample | 93 | 81.7% | 41 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| PIT to DEN · Denverthin sample | 92 | 83.7% | 82 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| PIT to BWI · Baltimorethin sample | 81 | 89.7% | 69 min | 2.47% | A |
| PIT to MDW · Chicagothin sample | 80 | 89.9% | 46 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| PIT to MIA · Miamithin sample | 74 | 87.7% | 26 min | 1.35% | A |
| PIT to BNA · Nashvillethin sample | 71 | 88.7% | 24 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| PIT to PHX · Phoenixthin sample | 64 | 79.7% | 33 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| PIT to RDU · Raleighthin sample | 56 | 76.4% | 46 min | 1.79% | B |
| PIT to TPA · Tampathin sample | 55 | 81.8% | 63 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| PIT to RSW · Fort Myersthin sample | 46 | 86.4% | 60 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| PIT to PHL · Philadelphiathin sample | 45 | 90.5% | 25 min | 6.67% | A− |
| PIT to LAS · Las Vegasthin sample | 44 | 86.4% | 55 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| PIT to IAH · Houstonthin sample | 41 | 90.2% | 70 min | 0.00% | A+ |
Delay causes
What held PIT up in February
Carriers report a reason for every delay minute they cause, in five DOT categories. The split below is by minutes, not by number of flights, so a handful of very long weather delays weighs as much as many short ones. It covers 29,000 reported delay minutes.
- 36%Late-arriving aircraft
- 31%Carrier
- 28%National Airspace System
- 5%Extreme weather
36% of delay minutes trace back to a late-arriving aircraft, meaning the plane was already behind before it got here. That is a cascade, and cascades start small and grow through the day. Across 29,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 7 to one. It is the strongest argument for booking the first departure of the morning, when the aircraft has been sitting at the gate overnight with nothing to inherit. The split is drawn from 29,460 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations run at 2.68%, against 2.25% nationally. That is about one flight in 40 cancelled outright. A cancelled flight is invisible in every on-time figure on this page, so the punctuality numbers above describe only the flights that actually operated.
Badly late arrivals are rare here: only 4.9% land an hour or more behind schedule, against 6.5% nationally. Connections built on this flight are about as safe as US domestic connections get, though a cancelled flight still ignores every layover you give it.
What to do with this
Flying from PIT in February
For a February trip through PIT: expect 83.6% on time and 2.68% cancelled, going by February 2026. The 5am–8am window was the strongest part of the day.
Related
Where to go next
- Pittsburgh International (PIT), the whole year
- PIT in July76.7%
- PIT in August82.6%
- PIT in September86.2%
- PIT in October83.0%
- PIT in November84.4%
- PIT in December73.2%
- PIT in January79.2%
- PIT in March78.6%
- PIT in April85.3%
- PIT in May84.6%
- PIT in June79.1%
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, July 2025 to June 2026. Last updated 15 September 2026; recomputed monthly. How this data is collected.